Improvement in ear-muffs



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL STRAUSZ, CF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPRovi-:MENT IN EAR-MuFFs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 165,273, dated July 6,1575 application filed J une 3, 1375.

T) all whom it may concern:

Be itv known that I, EMIL STRAUSZ, of Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of' Illinois, have invented an Improvement in Ear- Muft's, ofwhich the following is a specification:

The nature of my invention relates to an improvement in muffs that areworn upon or over the ears to protect them during severe cold weather,and has for its object toso construct thevmui's and their fastenings 4asthat they will entirely inclose the ears and protect a part of the headsurrounding their insertion not heretofore protected by the ordinaryforms `of ear-muffs.

Figure l is a perspective view of a pair' of my improved muffs as theyappear when in use. t

Figure 2 extended.

In the drawing, A A represent the inuffs, which are pear-shaped, and sogathered at the edges in stitching on the binding a as to make themconcave -conveX, causing them when drawn against the head to cover theears entirely, and to cover a portion of the surrounding iiesh notcovered by the hair or beard, which has heretofore been impossible toprotect with the muis worn.

The mus are connected together at their is an external plan of the samel l l upper ends by three crossed elastic straps, B B B, which go overthe top of the head, and are secured in position `by an elastic loop, b,attached to the lower end of one muff, which is brought under the chinand engaged with a button, c, at the lower end of the other muii.

The tendency of the diverging crossed straps at the top is to draw theedges of the mutt' to the side of the head, protecting alike the ear andits surrounding parts. g

In lieu of a plurality ot' crossed straps B, the upper ends oi' theinutts may be connected by a single strap, but in that case the sides ofthe muft's will not"be drawn so close and snug v to the side of the headas with the crossed straps.

What I claim as my invention is The ear-muii's, of the form described,connected at the top by a plurality of crossed straps, and underneath byan elastic band. to pass below the chin, so that when said muft's aresecured over the ears by the tension of the said crossed straps theywill assume a convex form, thereby entirely inclosing the ears,substantially as described.

i EMIL STRAUSZ. Witnesses:

WM. H. LoTz, GEO. FROMMANN.

